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Tobei Kamei Woodblock Daigoji Temple Pagoda
Tobei Kamei Woodblock Daigoji Temple Pagoda
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  • Artist: Tobei Kamei
  • Title: Daigoji Temple Pagoda
  • Publisher: Uchida
  • Date: 1950s
  • Medium: Japanese woodblock print
  • Size: oban, 10.5 x 15.5 inches

    The five tiered pagoda of Daigoji Temple was built to store a tiny piece, a drop of swallow's tears in Japanese, of Buddha's bone. Pagodas were imported from China about 1,500 years ago, and Daigoji's pagoda was built about 1,000 years ago. It is ranked among the greatest pagodas in Japan. Japan has had many big earthquakes in the last thousand years, but they have failed to destroy Daigoji pagoda. One reason is that no nails were used to build it. The joints to the main structure are connected like pieces of a three dimensional jigsaw puzzle. With the passage of time, the wood has shrunk and small gaps between the joints have opened up. The gaps and the pliability of wood are able absorb the shock of a strong earthquake.

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  • Condition
    VG, with minor flaws as shown
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    Tobei Kamei Woodblock Daigoji Temple Pagoda

    Estimate $250 - $300
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    Starting Price $45

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